CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has reversed a ruling by regulators that denied New Hampshire’s largest utility its proposal to use money from electricity rates to help pay for a natural gas pipeline.
The Concord Monitor reports the court on Tuesday struck down a 2016 Public Utilities Commission decision that rejected Eversource’s request to use electric rates to pay for increasing capacity on the Algonquin pipeline. The case was sent back to the PUC.
Eversource spokesman Martin Murray said in light of the ruling, it will revisit the PUC’s decision to deny a power purchase agreement with Hydro Quebec for the Northern Pass project. He said that denial “was based on the same flawed legal analysis that the Supreme Court today overturned.”
Separately, the state Site Evaluation Committee, which rejected Northern Pass, is scheduled to discuss Eversource’s appeal Thursday.
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CONCORD, NH – Each spring, many New Hampshire residents see young wildlife by themselves and fear the worst, But wildlife experts warn you may be doing more harm than good.
Fish and Game Officials said that unfortunately, well-intentioned, but misguided, individuals see young alone, assume they are abandoned, and take them in to “help” them. Most of the time, they are removing the young from the care of its mother, who was waiting to return. The best chance a young wild animal has to survive is in its natural environment under the care of its mother.
If you see a fawn or any other young wildlife and suspect it has been abandoned or orphaned, do not move the animal. Contact NH Fish and Game Dispatch at (603) 271-3361, e-mail dispatch@wildlife@nh.gov, or our Wildlife Division at (603) 271-2461, e-mail wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov to make a report.
Fish and Game staff can assess the situation and help determine the best course of action. In most cases, it is best to leave the young alone and allow time for the mother to return to move it to a different location.
Adult deer can be detected easily by predators due to their scent and large size. Because of this, does will spend long periods of time away from their fawns to disassociate their scent from the fawn and keep them safe from predators. For the first month of life, the doe will only visit the fawn a few times a day to nurse quickly before leaving again, although usually not going too far.
Fish and Game Officials said to never take in wildlife, adding that you could be exposing yourself to rabies, which is a fatal disease. Additionally, picking up any newborn could lead to that animal being euthanized for required testing.
Only qualified people with special rehabilitator permits, issued through N.H. Fish and Game, may take in and care for injured or orphaned wildlife. Improper care of injured or orphaned wildlife often leads to their sickness or death.
Every year, the state’s only licensed fawn rehabilitator has several fawns die from scours because they have been improperly fed or cared for by the public.
Unless you have rehabilitator credentials, it is ILLEGAL to have in your possession or to take from the wild New Hampshire wildlifeand keep it in captivity.
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Mount Washington Radio Group Owner Greg Frizzell sits and chats with other business professionals in the Mount Washington Radio Lounge at Expo 17 ~ Photo Courtesy of Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce.
NORTH CONWAY, NH – The Mt Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce is poised to offer EXPO 18, with even more opportunities for collaboration, partnerships, and education on Tuesday, May 22 at the North Conway Community Center, from noon – 5:00pm.
This one-day event is packed with networking and educational opportunities for businesses from large to small. Over 45 Companies from fields of information technology, energy, recreation, insurance, media, wellness suppliers and more will be on hand under one roof to showcase their products and services.
EXPO 18 offers an opportunity to learn about new innovations, network with colleagues, launch potential partnerships and relationships between Valley businesses, plus learn from experts.
All the EXPO 18 components are free and open to the public.
Highlights of what’s in store for EXPO 18
Educational Workshops
Two workshops focused on solving labor issues for businesses throughout New Hampshire’s North Country will be presented at the North Conway Community Center, starting at 2:00pm.
Strategies for Solving Labor Issues – Part I, 2:00 – 3:00pm
Our economic vitality is threatened daily with the exportation of skilled labor, the potential end of DACA, a ban on travel, visa approval or disapproval, the I-9 process, ICE and other unforeseen impacts. It is crucial that we take a long-term educated approach to filling our employee vacancies with a limited skilled and ready workforce.
John R. Wilson, Esquire, President and Partner of Goff Wilson, P.A., a global immigration law firm from Concord and Paris, will share information and insights on the issues of keeping our global employee base through immigrant and nonimmigrant programs.
Wilson is co-founder of the firm, and his practice focuses exclusively on global immigration. Mr. Wilson has consistently been selected as one of the ‘Best Lawyers in America’ under the ‘Immigration Law’ category published by the National Polling Firm of Woodward-White.
Strategies for Solving Labor Issues – Part II – 3:30-4:30pm
The second part of this workshop will be a panel discussion sharing current labor trends in the valley and career opportunities that are available through apprenticeships, credentialing, certification and licensing.
Panel members include:
Bruce DeMay, Director of the Economic & Labor Market Information Bureau at the NH Dept. of Employment Security, sharing the latest state and local trends for the economic and labor market.
Parker Haines of BD Painting and Property Management, a young professional proving the value of entrepreneurship in meeting his goal of staying and making a life in the valley and his desire to create opportunity for other young professionals.
Christopher Nicolopoulos, Esq., Director of the New Hampshire Association of Insurance Agents, dispelling myths on finding professional career opportunities in the valley.
Bailey Damon, Leadership 2018 and Thrive Program, sharing a unique program developed by the 2018 Leadership class to encourage young people’s desire to stay in the valley making a good living without incurring student debt.
Seating is limited, and reservations are requested for both free workshops. Please contact Michelle Gittleson at 603-356-5701 ext. 300 or visitorservices@mtwashingtonvalley.org to register.
New Hampshire Electric Co-op display of Electric Vehicles (EV)
NH Electric Co-op (NHEC) will bring electrical vehicles for attendees to sit in and learn about the benefits of an EV. Don’t miss the EV Alley, which will be at the back entrance of the North Conway Community Center, where the electrical vehicles will be on display. NHEC will also provide information about EV chargers both for Commercial business and home charging and provide information about New Hampshire’s network of EV chargers. In Northern New Hampshire alone, EV chargers have been installed at:
Red Jacket – N. Conway (Universal and Tesla)
Bernerhof Inn – Glenn
Church Landing – Meredith
Common Man – Plymouth
Woodstock Inn – Woodstock
Indian Head – Lincoln
Mount Washington Observatory’s Weather Discover Center – North Conway
Mt Washington Auto Road
The Wentworth Inn – Jackson (Universal and Tesla)
The North Conway Grand – North Conway
Cranmore Inn – North Conway (Tesla only)
Northledge Technologies displays Communication Technology Solutions
Northledge Technology offers comprehensive technology solutions for businesses and homeowners. At the Expo they will provide the latest in voiceover IP phone systems and communications technologies.
STAY MWV and Leadership MWVlunches and snacks
These two organizations of young professionals will be sponsoring lunches and the snack bar to support their project Thrive MWV, a program allowing individuals to access and explore advanced career opportunities throughout the Mt. Washington Valley.
Learn about Knockerball and Archery Tag
Knockerball North Conway and Archery Tag staff, from the only turf facility in the Mt Washington Valley, will be on hand to demonstrate archery tag and provide information about their facility and how to plan an offsite event.
Exhibitors
More than 45 exhibitors have signed on to offer information, demonstrations and more at EXPO 18. There’s still room for additional exhibitors. Simply click here to access the online exhibitor registration form.
EXPO 18 concludes with the Conway Daily Sun’s Best of Mt Washington Valley Awards winner announcements and social event at 5:00pm at the North Conway Country Club. Come congratulate winners of the “Best of the Valley” Awards along with the recipient of the Student Entrepreneur Award, which will be announce here too.
EXPO 18 is presented by the Mt Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce. Premier sponsors include WMWV 93.5fm, Easy 95.3fm and Magic 104fm, and Eastern Propane and Oil. The Education Sponsors are SCORE and Chalmers Insurance Group, and Supporting Sponsors include Heartland Payment Systems, New Hampshire Electric Co-op, TD Bank, and Northledge Technologies. The lunch and snack bar are sponsored by Stay MWV and Leadership MWV. Media sponsors include Conway Daily Sun and Business NH.
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Former Mount Washington Radio Owner Skip Sherman (left) sits with long time Morning Weather Show Observer Briggs Bunker (right). ~ Photo Courtesy of Karen Williams
NORTH CONWAY, NH – After over 40 years a Mount Washington Valley legend has passed the weather vane.
This Morning (Monday) WMWV local weather observer Briggs Bunker gave his last weather rating for the day.
The home weather rating has been a Valley tradition since 1959, where a local weather observer talks live on air about the local weather and then rates the day on a scale of 5 cents to 50 cents.
After his final rating Briggs passed on his weatherly duties to winter weather observer Ed Bergeron.
You can listen to Briggs’ final rating sponsored by Reliable Oil and Propane and the live passing of the weather observer torch below.
New Morning Weather Show observer Ed Bergeron stands next to WMWV Morning Show host Roy Prescott during the “passing of the weather show torch” Monday Morning in the WMWV Studios. ~ Photo Courtesy of Christian Mower
Bergeron is no stranger to the morning weather show, he has been reporting and rating the weather on the Morning weather show during the winter months for Briggs for the past several years.
Briggs has been observing and reporting the weather on 93.5 WMWV since 1973, taking over the roll from AMC Hut system founder Joe Dodge.
Originally called the White Mountain Bank Home Weather Rating for the day, the program was hosted by Joe Dodge. Listeners could even get their own White Mountain Bank Home weather rating piggy banks to keep their weather rating change in.
In his final weather rating Briggs gave the day a 50 cent rating, a perfect day. Morning Show host Roy Prescott upped it to $1 in honor of the 44 wonderful years Briggs has been on the air giving us the days weather.
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A panel of expert travel and adventure journalists partnered with USA Today editors to pick 20 nominees. Readers then vote for their favorites, and the ten best at garnering votes make it to the esteemed list.
The top 10 winners in 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards for Best Small Town for Adventure are as follows:
Marquette, MI.
Florence, OR
Watkins Glen, NY
Sedona, AZ
Jim Thorpe, PA
Everglades City, FL
North Conway, NH
Blowing Rock, NC
Bar Harbor, ME
Jackson Hole, WY
The article reads “Set amid the sprawling White Mountain National Forest, North Conway offers visitors access to Mount Washington and the accompanying four seasons recreation,” 10Best experts wrote. “During the snowy months, the area boasts some of the region’s best skiing and snowmobiling, while summer is excellent for hiking, golfing, fishing and camping. Fall leaf peeping is some of the best in the country.”
This is the second time in the past six months North Conway has been nominated for a 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award.
Last November, North Conway was nominated as the Best Ski Town, and ended up being voted the #1 Ski Town in North America.
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CONWAY, NH – The Conway Covered Bridge will be closed Tuesday. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has announced repair work is planned on the Saco River Covered Bridge on East Side Road in Conway Tuesday.
A NHDOT bridge maintenance crew will be repairing minor damage caused to the north portal end of the bridge when it was struck by a tractor trailer in late April.
The project will require that the bridge be closed to traffic from 8:00 am until 2:30 pm. Signs will alert motorists to the bridge closure.
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative and union workers say they’ve reached a tentative agreement on new contract.
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1837 went on strike May 7. Their contract expired April 30.
The union said a ratification vote was planned Thursday morning. The NHEC said the contract would need to be approved its board of directors, expected early next week.
A main sticking point was the utility’s provision to allow for changing pension and retirement plans for lineworkers without negotiation. The utility said with a federal mediator’s help Wednesday, an agreement was reached doesn’t include language the union had objected to. It also provides for modest increases in pay and pension benefits.
The union represents 85 workers. The utility has 84,000 customers in 115 communities.
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GLEN, NH – The family of a young girl from Glen is looking for help as their little girl battles for her life.
Brooklyn Flag of Glen was an average 6-year-old girl born at Memorial Hospital and attending school at Bartlett Elementary School until one day Brooklyn came down with strep and her mom Jeanne noticed something wasn’t quite right.
“I didn’t think she looked right, she was so pale. The Pediatrician was amazing. He did a little feeling around in her belly and determined her liver was enlarged. Which was a dead give away.” Jeanne said adding “They did some blood work and she was flown to Maine Med because her blood levels were so low”
Last Tuesday it was confirmed Brooklyn has Leukemia.
Jeanne said that Brooklyn’s treatments will take about 2 years, which means a lot of expenses in addition to the medical expenses.
According to a fund raising page set up to help Brooklyn “there is a long road to remission ahead of Brooklyn and her family, and lots of medical expenses…any amount will help get Brooklyn to the life saving appointments she needs to beat Leukemia and grow healthy and strong”
Jeanne said that though it has only been two weeks since Brooklyn’s diagnosis she’s doing well, and in high spirits.
The fundraising page also notes that Brooklyn is “a tough little 6 year old and she is going to fight this the only way she knows how, to fight like a girl!”
Jeanne noted that they are so thankful for all of the well wishes, prayers, and donations from the community. She said “It has definitely helped us get through the days.”
As of Wednesday the fundraiser has raised over $1,700 of their $2,000 goal donated by 45 donors.
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New Hampshire has been ranked among the top 10 states for the highest drug use in the country.
In a recent a WallettHub study New Hampshire was ranked 3rd and Maine was ranked 18th for drug use per state.
13 University Professor around the United States conducted the study by comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia in three overall categories: 1) Drug Use & Addiction, 2) Law Enforcement and 3) Drug Health Issues & Rehab.
The study based its rankings on 20 metrics ranging from arrest and overdose rates to opioid prescriptions and meth-lab incidents per capita.
New Hampshire ranked 8th for Drug Use & Addiction, 6th for Law Enforcement, and 28th Drug Health Issues & Rehab.
Other results include (1=Biggest Problem; 25=Avg.)
18th– Share of Teenagers Who Used Illicit Drugs in the Past Month
10th– Share of Adults Who Used Illicit Drugs in the Past Month
30th– Opioid Pain Reliever Prescriptions per Capita
3rd – Drug Overdose Deaths per Capita
10th– Drug Arrests per Capita
9th – Share of Adults Who Needed but Didn’t Receive Treatment for Illicit Drug Use in the Past Year
21st – Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities per 100,000 People (12 Years and Older) Using Illicit Drugs
Maine ranked 7th for Drug Use & Addiction, 39th for Law Enforcement, and 31st Drug Health Issues & Rehab.
Washington DC had the highest drug use in the country.
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WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) — Police say a New Hampshire high school student jumped into the state’s largest lake to pull a woman from a car that had gone off the docks and into the water.
WMUR-TV reports 18-year-old Zachary Cray was fishing off the end of the docks at Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro on Monday afternoon when he heard the crash just yards away. He saw a car roof, called 911, and jumped in.
Cray said the driver’s window was rolled down, and he and someone else who jumped in pulled her through it. A few other men joined to help pull her out of the water.
Rescue workers said it appeared that she hit the accelerator instead of the brake. She wasn’t hurt.
It took hours to remove the car from the water.
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Ruling In Favor Of Utility May Give Spark To Northern Pass
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has reversed a ruling by regulators that denied New Hampshire’s largest utility its proposal to use money from electricity rates to help pay for a natural gas pipeline.
The Concord Monitor reports the court on Tuesday struck down a 2016 Public Utilities Commission decision that rejected Eversource’s request to use electric rates to pay for increasing capacity on the Algonquin pipeline. The case was sent back to the PUC.
Eversource spokesman Martin Murray said in light of the ruling, it will revisit the PUC’s decision to deny a power purchase agreement with Hydro Quebec for the Northern Pass project. He said that denial “was based on the same flawed legal analysis that the Supreme Court today overturned.”
Separately, the state Site Evaluation Committee, which rejected Northern Pass, is scheduled to discuss Eversource’s appeal Thursday.
NH Fish And Game Officials Ask People To Leave Young Animals Alone
CONCORD, NH – Each spring, many New Hampshire residents see young wildlife by themselves and fear the worst, But wildlife experts warn you may be doing more harm than good.
Fish and Game Officials said that unfortunately, well-intentioned, but misguided, individuals see young alone, assume they are abandoned, and take them in to “help” them. Most of the time, they are removing the young from the care of its mother, who was waiting to return. The best chance a young wild animal has to survive is in its natural environment under the care of its mother.
If you see a fawn or any other young wildlife and suspect it has been abandoned or orphaned, do not move the animal. Contact NH Fish and Game Dispatch at (603) 271-3361, e-mail dispatch@wildlife@nh.gov, or our Wildlife Division at (603) 271-2461, e-mail wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov to make a report.
Fish and Game staff can assess the situation and help determine the best course of action. In most cases, it is best to leave the young alone and allow time for the mother to return to move it to a different location.
Adult deer can be detected easily by predators due to their scent and large size. Because of this, does will spend long periods of time away from their fawns to disassociate their scent from the fawn and keep them safe from predators. For the first month of life, the doe will only visit the fawn a few times a day to nurse quickly before leaving again, although usually not going too far.
Fish and Game Officials said to never take in wildlife, adding that you could be exposing yourself to rabies, which is a fatal disease. Additionally, picking up any newborn could lead to that animal being euthanized for required testing.
Only qualified people with special rehabilitator permits, issued through N.H. Fish and Game, may take in and care for injured or orphaned wildlife. Improper care of injured or orphaned wildlife often leads to their sickness or death.
Every year, the state’s only licensed fawn rehabilitator has several fawns die from scours because they have been improperly fed or cared for by the public.
Unless you have rehabilitator credentials, it is ILLEGAL to have in your possession or to take from the wild New Hampshire wildlifeand keep it in captivity.
For a full list of licensed wildlife rehabilitators, go to www.wildnh.com/wildlife/rehabilitators.html.
MWV Chamber Of Commerce Expo 18
NORTH CONWAY, NH – The Mt Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce is poised to offer EXPO 18, with even more opportunities for collaboration, partnerships, and education on Tuesday, May 22 at the North Conway Community Center, from noon – 5:00pm.
This one-day event is packed with networking and educational opportunities for businesses from large to small. Over 45 Companies from fields of information technology, energy, recreation, insurance, media, wellness suppliers and more will be on hand under one roof to showcase their products and services.
EXPO 18 offers an opportunity to learn about new innovations, network with colleagues, launch potential partnerships and relationships between Valley businesses, plus learn from experts.
All the EXPO 18 components are free and open to the public.
Highlights of what’s in store for EXPO 18
Educational Workshops
Two workshops focused on solving labor issues for businesses throughout New Hampshire’s North Country will be presented at the North Conway Community Center, starting at 2:00pm.
Strategies for Solving Labor Issues – Part I, 2:00 – 3:00pm
Our economic vitality is threatened daily with the exportation of skilled labor, the potential end of DACA, a ban on travel, visa approval or disapproval, the I-9 process, ICE and other unforeseen impacts. It is crucial that we take a long-term educated approach to filling our employee vacancies with a limited skilled and ready workforce.
John R. Wilson, Esquire, President and Partner of Goff Wilson, P.A., a global immigration law firm from Concord and Paris, will share information and insights on the issues of keeping our global employee base through immigrant and nonimmigrant programs.
Wilson is co-founder of the firm, and his practice focuses exclusively on global immigration. Mr. Wilson has consistently been selected as one of the ‘Best Lawyers in America’ under the ‘Immigration Law’ category published by the National Polling Firm of Woodward-White.
Strategies for Solving Labor Issues – Part II – 3:30-4:30pm
The second part of this workshop will be a panel discussion sharing current labor trends in the valley and career opportunities that are available through apprenticeships, credentialing, certification and licensing.
Panel members include:
Seating is limited, and reservations are requested for both free workshops. Please contact Michelle Gittleson at 603-356-5701 ext. 300 or visitorservices@mtwashingtonvalley.org to register.
New Hampshire Electric Co-op display of Electric Vehicles (EV)
NH Electric Co-op (NHEC) will bring electrical vehicles for attendees to sit in and learn about the benefits of an EV. Don’t miss the EV Alley, which will be at the back entrance of the North Conway Community Center, where the electrical vehicles will be on display. NHEC will also provide information about EV chargers both for Commercial business and home charging and provide information about New Hampshire’s network of EV chargers. In Northern New Hampshire alone, EV chargers have been installed at:
Northledge Technologies displays Communication Technology Solutions
Northledge Technology offers comprehensive technology solutions for businesses and homeowners. At the Expo they will provide the latest in voiceover IP phone systems and communications technologies.
STAY MWV and Leadership MWV lunches and snacks
These two organizations of young professionals will be sponsoring lunches and the snack bar to support their project Thrive MWV, a program allowing individuals to access and explore advanced career opportunities throughout the Mt. Washington Valley.
Learn about Knockerball and Archery Tag
Knockerball North Conway and Archery Tag staff, from the only turf facility in the Mt Washington Valley, will be on hand to demonstrate archery tag and provide information about their facility and how to plan an offsite event.
Exhibitors
More than 45 exhibitors have signed on to offer information, demonstrations and more at EXPO 18. There’s still room for additional exhibitors. Simply click here to access the online exhibitor registration form.
EXPO 18 concludes with the Conway Daily Sun’s Best of Mt Washington Valley Awards winner announcements and social event at 5:00pm at the North Conway Country Club. Come congratulate winners of the “Best of the Valley” Awards along with the recipient of the Student Entrepreneur Award, which will be announce here too.
EXPO 18 is presented by the Mt Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce. Premier sponsors include WMWV 93.5fm, Easy 95.3fm and Magic 104fm, and Eastern Propane and Oil. The Education Sponsors are SCORE and Chalmers Insurance Group, and Supporting Sponsors include Heartland Payment Systems, New Hampshire Electric Co-op, TD Bank, and Northledge Technologies. The lunch and snack bar are sponsored by Stay MWV and Leadership MWV. Media sponsors include Conway Daily Sun and Business NH.
Briggs Bunker Passes Weather Observer Torch To Ed Bergeron
NORTH CONWAY, NH – After over 40 years a Mount Washington Valley legend has passed the weather vane.
This Morning (Monday) WMWV local weather observer Briggs Bunker gave his last weather rating for the day.
The home weather rating has been a Valley tradition since 1959, where a local weather observer talks live on air about the local weather and then rates the day on a scale of 5 cents to 50 cents.
After his final rating Briggs passed on his weatherly duties to winter weather observer Ed Bergeron.
You can listen to Briggs’ final rating sponsored by Reliable Oil and Propane and the live passing of the weather observer torch below.
Bergeron is no stranger to the morning weather show, he has been reporting and rating the weather on the Morning weather show during the winter months for Briggs for the past several years.
Briggs has been observing and reporting the weather on 93.5 WMWV since 1973, taking over the roll from AMC Hut system founder Joe Dodge.
Originally called the White Mountain Bank Home Weather Rating for the day, the program was hosted by Joe Dodge. Listeners could even get their own White Mountain Bank Home weather rating piggy banks to keep their weather rating change in.
In his final weather rating Briggs gave the day a 50 cent rating, a perfect day. Morning Show host Roy Prescott upped it to $1 in honor of the 44 wonderful years Briggs has been on the air giving us the days weather.
North Conway Voted Among 10 Best Small Town For Year-Round Adventure
NORTH CONWAY, NH – North Conway was named the seventh-best small town for year-round adventure by USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Travel Awards.
A panel of expert travel and adventure journalists partnered with USA Today editors to pick 20 nominees. Readers then vote for their favorites, and the ten best at garnering votes make it to the esteemed list.
The top 10 winners in 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards for Best Small Town for Adventure are as follows:
Marquette, MI.
Florence, OR
Watkins Glen, NY
Sedona, AZ
Jim Thorpe, PA
Everglades City, FL
North Conway, NH
Blowing Rock, NC
Bar Harbor, ME
Jackson Hole, WY
The article reads “Set amid the sprawling White Mountain National Forest, North Conway offers visitors access to Mount Washington and the accompanying four seasons recreation,” 10Best experts wrote. “During the snowy months, the area boasts some of the region’s best skiing and snowmobiling, while summer is excellent for hiking, golfing, fishing and camping. Fall leaf peeping is some of the best in the country.”
This is the second time in the past six months North Conway has been nominated for a 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award.
Last November, North Conway was nominated as the Best Ski Town, and ended up being voted the #1 Ski Town in North America.
Conway Covered Bridge Closed Tuesday
CONWAY, NH – The Conway Covered Bridge will be closed Tuesday. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has announced repair work is planned on the Saco River Covered Bridge on East Side Road in Conway Tuesday.
A NHDOT bridge maintenance crew will be repairing minor damage caused to the north portal end of the bridge when it was struck by a tractor trailer in late April.
The project will require that the bridge be closed to traffic from 8:00 am until 2:30 pm. Signs will alert motorists to the bridge closure.
NHEC And Union Workers Reach Tentative Agreement
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative and union workers say they’ve reached a tentative agreement on new contract.
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1837 went on strike May 7. Their contract expired April 30.
The union said a ratification vote was planned Thursday morning. The NHEC said the contract would need to be approved its board of directors, expected early next week.
A main sticking point was the utility’s provision to allow for changing pension and retirement plans for lineworkers without negotiation. The utility said with a federal mediator’s help Wednesday, an agreement was reached doesn’t include language the union had objected to. It also provides for modest increases in pay and pension benefits.
The union represents 85 workers. The utility has 84,000 customers in 115 communities.
Family Of 6-Year-Old Glen Girl Diagnosed With Leukemia Looking For Help
GLEN, NH – The family of a young girl from Glen is looking for help as their little girl battles for her life.
Brooklyn Flag of Glen was an average 6-year-old girl born at Memorial Hospital and attending school at Bartlett Elementary School until one day Brooklyn came down with strep and her mom Jeanne noticed something wasn’t quite right.
“I didn’t think she looked right, she was so pale. The Pediatrician was amazing. He did a little feeling around in her belly and determined her liver was enlarged. Which was a dead give away.” Jeanne said adding “They did some blood work and she was flown to Maine Med because her blood levels were so low”
Last Tuesday it was confirmed Brooklyn has Leukemia.
Jeanne said that Brooklyn’s treatments will take about 2 years, which means a lot of expenses in addition to the medical expenses.
According to a fund raising page set up to help Brooklyn “there is a long road to remission ahead of Brooklyn and her family, and lots of medical expenses…any amount will help get Brooklyn to the life saving appointments she needs to beat Leukemia and grow healthy and strong”
Jeanne said that though it has only been two weeks since Brooklyn’s diagnosis she’s doing well, and in high spirits.
The fundraising page also notes that Brooklyn is “a tough little 6 year old and she is going to fight this the only way she knows how, to fight like a girl!”
Jeanne noted that they are so thankful for all of the well wishes, prayers, and donations from the community. She said “It has definitely helped us get through the days.”
As of Wednesday the fundraiser has raised over $1,700 of their $2,000 goal donated by 45 donors.
Those wishing to help can by donating to a youcaringfundraiser set up for Brooklyn and her family by clicking here.
NH Has 3rd Largest Drug Problem In The Country According To New Study
New Hampshire has been ranked among the top 10 states for the highest drug use in the country.
In a recent a WallettHub study New Hampshire was ranked 3rd and Maine was ranked 18th for drug use per state.
13 University Professor around the United States conducted the study by comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia in three overall categories: 1) Drug Use & Addiction, 2) Law Enforcement and 3) Drug Health Issues & Rehab.
The study based its rankings on 20 metrics ranging from arrest and overdose rates to opioid prescriptions and meth-lab incidents per capita.
New Hampshire ranked 8th for Drug Use & Addiction, 6th for Law Enforcement, and 28th Drug Health Issues & Rehab.
Other results include (1=Biggest Problem; 25=Avg.)
Maine ranked 7th for Drug Use & Addiction, 39th for Law Enforcement, and 31st Drug Health Issues & Rehab.
Washington DC had the highest drug use in the country.
The full report can be found at wallethub.com
Wolfeboro Teen Rescues Woman From Car That Plunged Into Lake
WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) — Police say a New Hampshire high school student jumped into the state’s largest lake to pull a woman from a car that had gone off the docks and into the water.
WMUR-TV reports 18-year-old Zachary Cray was fishing off the end of the docks at Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro on Monday afternoon when he heard the crash just yards away. He saw a car roof, called 911, and jumped in.
Cray said the driver’s window was rolled down, and he and someone else who jumped in pulled her through it. A few other men joined to help pull her out of the water.
Rescue workers said it appeared that she hit the accelerator instead of the brake. She wasn’t hurt.
It took hours to remove the car from the water.